Installing Skype on openSUSE 11.2 – 64 bit
Nov.26, 2009 in
General
Skype is provided pre-packaged for openSUSE for 32 bit systems. However the RPM can be used without difficulty also on 64 bit systems, since openSUSE transparently manages bi-architecture packages. Unfortunately the 32 bit RPM does not install all the dependencies it needs to work correctly, and you have to fix them by hand as follows:
- Install the skype rpm by typing in a root terminal: rpm -Uvh skype-2.1.0.47-suse.i586.rpm
- Open YaST software installer
- Search and select the following packages
- xorg-x11-libXv-32bit
- libqt4-32bit
- libqt4-x11-32bit
- Accept the additional dependencies proposed by the installer and proceed with the installation
At this point, you should be able to run skype without any difficulty.
Enjoy 
December 1st, 2009 at 9:06 am
Thanks for solving the issue and then sharing your solution.
Saved me a lot of time.
December 4th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Thanks for sharing your solution.
December 5th, 2009 at 2:25 am
thanks
December 5th, 2009 at 4:58 am
Thank you for the solution, thanks to you I am now using Skype
December 6th, 2009 at 2:03 am
Thanks!!!!
December 10th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Thank you
December 17th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Thanks from Sri Lanka
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:17 am
Thanks for sharing!
December 24th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Many thanks from Poland
December 25th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Thank you so much. I love 11.2, but this and vmware server have been killing me with 11.2
December 29th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Thanks. Me too, but….
My 1st experience was to install skype and then, at calling it, install the packages it asks for (which, by memory, should be ones cited above). Then the id/passw windows comes, I put in and then … “abort” was the message. To me, the installation order made a difference, so back again, first I made the packages and then the skype rpm … as stated (might it have been through yast2?). Some more skilled linux people might tell why/if this is so, really. Anyway, now I get my skype running. Fine.
December 29th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Hi,
Thanks for your comment, but the order in which the RPM’s are installed should not be important. I installed Skype and then the dependencies myself. The only thing I can think to is that library paths might need to be refreshed.
Best,
Alberto
January 10th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Thank you SOOOO much!!!
I just installed openSUSE and since I need Skype for Uni I was about to give on this distro. Thanks again!!!
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:57 am
Thank you – great help!
It worked perfectly even on openSUSE 11.0